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Married by Mistake Mr. Whitman’s Sinner Wife [Sixteenth Child] Chapter 231

Meredith stared at this stern face, dumbfounded. “Jeremy, what did you say?”

“Why don’t you leave?” He had lowered his tone, sounding as if he still had feelings for Meredith.

Meredith was so angry that she gritted her teeth. When she saw Madeline with her lips curled into a smile as Jeremy protected her behind his back, she felt furious.

Just when Madeline thought that Meredith would explode from anger, Meredith instead seemed to have turned into a different person all of a sudden. She let go of her fist and her anger disappeared. Then, she approached Jeremy and spoke slowly…

“Jeremy.”

Meredith’s eyes were red as she looked sadly at the man before her who maintained his cold expression.

“I know I did something wrong and that has disappointed you, but I didn’t betray my conscience. Everything I’ve done is for Jack and you. I’ve never hurt innocent people.”

While she was speaking, she teared up as well. Her pitiful appearance was really well performed.

“Jeremy, I know it’s useless for me to say anything now, but I am innocent. I’ll keep waiting until you believe me.”

Without waiting for Jeremy’s response, Meredith turned away and walked out of the house looking lonely.

Through the window, Madeline could clearly see Meredith standing right in front of the gate. She was soaked in the rain, but she had a stubborn and resolute expression on her face.

History was truly so shockingly similar.

Madeline thought of her previous experience of having been wrongly accused by Meredith. After she had come out of prison, she was locked outside of the door by Jeremy. Her pregnant self had knelt on the ground under the rain with much difficulty while waiting for his trust. Yet, after all of it, it was only a heart-shattering ending that she got in return for her wait.

Madeline swept her indifferent gaze over Meredith and from the corner of her eyes, she saw Jeremy looking at Meredith who was outside through the window with a solemn expression.

‘Jeremy, does your heart still ache for her?

‘After all, she’s the love of your life who you cared about for so many years.’

Within a few seconds, however, Jeremy turned his gaze away and suddenly reached out to hold Madeline’s injured hand to stop it from being stabbed further by the glass shards. After wiping it with alcohol cotton pads, he then carefully put a band-aid on her as well.

“Let’s continue our dinner.” He curled the corner of his lips, but it did not turn into a smile. It was merely just a movement of his facial muscles.

He was starting to feel sorry for Meredith, as expected.

“I think it’s better to forget it.” Madeline refused with a smile. “If I remain here still, I’m afraid my life in Glendale will be even more difficult afterward.”

“I’m here. No one will dare to do anything to you.” Jeremy made such a guarantee to Madeline with almost no hesitation.

Madeline looked at him with a surprised expression on her face, but her heart was filled entirely with ridicule and irony.

‘Jeremy Whitman, during the time when I was married to you as your wife…

‘Have you ever treated me so protectively like this?

‘You and Meredith both brutally hurt me again and again.

‘Yet, what are you telling me now? That you’re here for me?

‘Was it not entirely because of you that I was tortured till I was all bloody back then?’

Outside, Meredith was drenched in the rain and was really considering going all out.

She could not think of any other methods at present and so, she could only use this bitter trick.

She now hoped that the rain would get worse, drenching her till she caught a cold that would then make her faint. That way, she could definitely attract Jeremy’s attention.

She still had her trump card in hand, after all.

Jeremy did not let Madeline go but still kept her for dinner.

Since Madeline was sitting at the dining table, she could see Meredith standing at the same spot in the rain from where she was. Meredith remained stationary, and the scene truly looked pitiful.

Yet, Madeline knew in her heart that this was simply Meredith’s bitter trick.

‘With a decade’s fate now taking its turn, Meredith, you will also have to face the same fate today.

‘Have you tasted what it’s like to be wrongly accused?

‘Does it feel good?’

Madeline curled her lips secretly and finished the contents in the wine glass in one sip, feeling very satisfied.

“Miss Vera, it seems that you can take your alcohol.” Jeremy praised.

Madeline smiled and replied, “Yes, even Felipe is no opponent to me.”

“Is that so?” Jeremy smiled, but he could not help but compare her to Madeline in his heart.

In his memory, Madeline did not know how to drink.

That one time she drank alcohol, she had gotten so drunk that she hugged him while being muddled, then saying such sweet lovey-dovey words.

Thinking about it now, those lovey-dovey words were really beautiful.

However, it was now an unattainable memory.

“Miss Vera, can we be friends from today onward?”

“As long as you no longer regard me as your ex-wife Madeline, we can be friends.”

“Don’t worry, there won’t be a next time.”

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Jeremy locked eyes with Madeline’s beautiful ones with guarantee. He then raised his wine glass.

“This is to apologize for the one who slapped you earlier,” Jeremy said before proceeding to finish the red wine in the glass. He then poured another glass. “This is to celebrate my acquaintance with such an excellent woman like Miss Vera.”

He spoke while he drank several glasses one after another.

The night became darker and darker. The rain had gradually weakened as well while Jeremy was done drinking the whole bottle of red wine.

His originally fair face was now flushed with slight tipsy redness, and his long, narrow, and alluring eyes were dazed from the alcohol’s effect.

“The future Mrs. Whitman, let me send you back.” Jeremy stood up, but obviously, he was already drunk.

“Mr. Whitman, you should rest. I’ll have Felipe come pick me up.”

“Him?” Jeremy laughed with a low voice. His low magnetic voice was filled with a kind of sexy charm.

He smiled and looked at Madeline. The halo of the crystal lamp had blurred his vision at the moment, and the face in front of him was the face of his dreams.

“I’ll send you off.” Jeremy insisted as he got up and walked toward Madeline.

However, his footsteps were feeble. His upright body was swaying and he was about to fall down before he reached Madeline.

Madeline did not want to bother at first, but as she thought of Meredith who was outside the window, she simply stretched out her hand to support Jeremy.

The weight of his body was pressed completely onto her own and Madeline confirmed then that he was really drunk.

“Mr. Whitman, let’s sit here for a while.” Madeline struggled to help him onto the sofa.

She also knew that the brighter the lights inside the house, the more clearly Meredith could see from the outside.

Right now, Meredith was probably about to burst from anger.

“Mr. Whitman, you’re drunk. I’ll help you to make a glass of lemon water to sober you up.”

Madeline pulled her hand back as she spoke, but as soon as she turned around, her wrist was clasped tightly by Jeremy.

“Don’t go,” he muttered to stop her.

Madeline turned her head and saw the man half-lying on the sofa. His gaze was slightly drunk and his cheeks were flushed. His thin lips were whispering softly, “Linnie…” Madeline heard Jeremy uttering out this name a few seconds later.

She stared at the drunken man blankly.

“Linnie, don’t go. Don’t leave me anymore…”

Linnie.

Madeline tightened her pink lips, knowing that Meredith was the one that Jeremy was calling for.

From the moment Meredith had snatched her identity as Miss Montgomery, Meredith also obtained another name—Eveline Montgomery.

She looked at Jeremy and sneered.

“Sure enough, you still can’t forget that villainous Meredith. It seems that the cancelation of your marriage contract to her is just a cover? How could you, Mr. Whitman, possibly be willing to let her go?”

Madeline mocked the drunk man and had wanted to withdraw her hand, but instead of letting go, Jeremy pulled the unguarded Madeline into his arms forcefully.

Crashing suddenly into his generous embrace, Madeline’s nose could pick up the familiar cold fragrance.

She suddenly raised her head, and her slightly disoriented gaze met Jeremy’s dark and misty eyes.

He narrowed his slender and alluring eyes, his slightly drunk gaze seemingly like a bottomless pool—mysterious and attractive, but also appearing to be as gentle as water.

However, looking at him like this, Madeline’s gaze was full of sharp edges.

“Jeremy, look at me clearly. I’m not the Linnie you’re asking for. I’m the ex-wife you hated and wanted to kill the most!”

She tensed her pink lips tightly and glared at this handsome face with hatred.

“Jeremy, I’ll take back what you owe me along with the interest accumulated. I want you to understand what it’s like to be manipulated and hurt by your beloved one!”

As soon as Madeline said this, Jeremy unexpectedly stretched out his arms and circled her tightly into his embrace.

“Linnie…” His deep voice bloomed in her ears with heat.

Madeline was stunned for a bit until she felt Jeremy’s lips pressing against her cheeks. She then finally came back to her senses and tried to struggle away from him.

“Jeremy, let me go!”

“I won’t let go. I won’t ever let you go again, Linnie…”

“I’m not your Linnie, Jeremy. Let go.”

Madeline pushed him away angrily, but Jeremy did not let her go no matter what.

Amidst their pushing and pulling, Madeline suddenly heard the sound of something dropping. It seemed that something had fallen out of Jeremy’s pocket.

She subconsciously looked at what it was, but after just a glimpse, she became completely stiff.

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Madeline could forget a lot of things in her life. She could forget the best moments of her life and the beautiful feeling she had when she was deeply in love with Jeremy, but she could never be unfamiliar with this thing in front of her for the rest of her life.

Dazed, she slowly reached out her hand to pick up the object that had fallen to the ground before placing it in her palm.

Looking at it, it was as if she could suddenly hear the sound of waves as well as the smell and the salty taste of the sea breeze. Even a boy’s gentle promise sounded in her ears, “Linnie, when I grow up, I’ll make you my bride…”

Yet, this promise was blown away by the breeze and ended up sinking to the bottom of the sea in the end. Things could never go back to that time again in this life…

“Linnie…”

Madeline stopped indulging in her walk down memory lane and looked toward Jeremy who was muttering.

He was still calling for Linnie.

However, the Linnie he was calling for was not her but Meredith—the vicious woman who he spoiled and loved without principles or limits.

She did not expect to see Jeremy still carrying the shell she had given to

The Linnie

across his drunken face. Just as she was about to throw the colorful shell in her hand into the trash can, Jeremy grabbed her wrist all of a

Please don’t go,

who was sleep-talking. She felt ridiculed and flung his hand

is putting on a show outside now. If you miss her so

left Jeremy on the sofa alone and left decisively with

door, she saw a surprised smile on Meredith’s face. She was still standing in the rain, but when she discovered that the person who had opened the door

opened her umbrella and walked gracefully toward Meredith, curling up the corner of

really aren’t easy for you, Ms. Crawford. It hurts me to see you standing here in the rain

don’t have to pretend in front of me. Let me tell you this. Don’t you ever think that this will be enough to separate Jeremy and me. From the beginning till

with a provocative

anymore. Once you’ve angered me, be careful that you won’t even have

this, Madeline smiled light-heartedly. “I’m suddenly

“You—”

is really good. He has invited me to come and taste his dishes again

Quinn, don’t you

speak drunkenly even though he didn’t even drink that much. He even

Meredith leisurely, but as soon as she said this, Meredith’s expression

Jeremy

you want to know? You can head in

glared at Madeline fiercely before

looked at her calmly. “I’ve closed the door. It seems that you have to wait

realized she had been

back to Madeline and raised her

wrist once more. Her gaze was sharp and her words were like ice at this moment. “Meredith, you’d better not show your teeth and claws in front of me. I’m not the

warned and threw away Meredith’s

for too long, coupled that she was frightened by Madeline’s aura at this moment, but as Meredith’s hand was flung away like

rain so much, just keep getting soaked. I won’t

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herself. Upon seeing the other woman’s back,

mouth. “Vera Quinn, you b*tch! I’ll let you

might. When she recalled what she saw through the window just now, her lungs felt like they were

No!

had to

not her opponent. After all, how could a woman who looked exactly like that

you see what I

her sinister-looking eyes as if they were

…

at the junction of the

standing in front of the french window looking at the night view outside. The

bring that shell

deny making that promise a long time ago? Did he not deny what happened at the beach a long

and looked at Lily who was fast asleep on the

girl mumbled in her

Daddy.

calling for

the greatest and best

misunderstanding would last

The next day.

was grey when Jeremy woke up from his sleep

fragments of what happened last night. He rubbed his temples and recalled that he had

he thought about this, Jeremy sat up in annoyance. He found his phone and called

awake. You were drunk

he wanted to say initially as a strange feeling rose

and even a smile appeared on his

of clothes. When he went downstairs and walked past the

That shell…

picked up the shell to examine it. Then, he remembered something and ran to the

the house just in time to see

morning light. Madeline noticed that Jeremy

Madeline called

she heard a muffled thud coming from

that

It was Meredith.

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Jeremy hesitating for a while. In those two to three seconds, she did not know what he was thinking

the seemingly unconscious

“Mer, Mer, wake up.”

patted Meredith’s cheek lightly with

the breakfast in her hands as she stood at the entrance. When she

you never disappoint

still so concerned

all those horrible things she did, she’s still the love of your

opened her eyes slowly in Jeremy’s arms. They were brimmed

don’t leave me, okay?” Meredith said weakly as

you’ll take care of me forever. You said you’ll be good to me forever. My only wish

Jez.

to Meredith, Madeline tightened her

His expression looked solemn as if he was thinking

you in the future. I

called herself Linnie and started calling Jeremy Jez. She was looking

so good that even Madeline started to feel

an amazing

said that. However, Meredith hugged him

saying those

distress

he was about to say something, Madeline said before him, “Take Miss Crawford to the hospital quickly, Mr. Whitman. It feels

stared blankly

around, she smirked and said weakly, “Jeremy, I’ve been standing for the entire night.

could hear what Meredith

would definitely

least that was what she figured and it only made

she still be concerned with whether he was getting close to another woman or not? She was upset because that vile b*tch

behind Madeline, did not carry Meredith. He drove the car out and let her

saw Madeline standing at the side of the street with the breakfast she had brought for him. He could not help but look at her for a

was still concerned about that face at the end of

Jeremy anymore. These few days, he did call her and went looking for her at the shop, but Madeline chose to

like he was her entire

world could be

only reason she allowed him back into her world

one should not try to run before one

could not rush things now since Jeremy was starting to

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the fish had caught the bait, it was a matter of

Sunday.

they would take her to the amusement

was not Felipe’s biological daughter, he

good care of Madeline when she was pregnant until she gave birth. After Lillian was born,

a perfect man that

that she was not worthy of him. She never thought about having any

I want that bunny.” Lillian’s sweet voice

Felipe’s neck. Her legs were swinging happily as she nuzzled against Felipe sweetly.

“Please, Daddy?”

Lillian with love in his eyes. “Of course, I’ll grant our precious Lillian’s

and carried Lillian over to the

nickname. He would only call her by her real

you so much!” the little girl said sweetly

behind them. She looked at the grin on the cute little face and felt that she

Lillian. Lily.

that was what Madeline wanted

mother. Her mother was destroyed by the man she

a perfect life for

Lillian and went on a few rides with

quickly and it was now time for lunch. Lillian held Felipe’s hand

eat this! That burger is

such a greedy little girl. No one will want you if you become fat,” Felipe

her pristine eyes blankly. She looked at Felipe seriously for a while and pouted before she started to

anymore. I don’t

the little girl would misunderstand him

arms and started comforting her while feeling remorseful. “You silly girl, how

joking with you.” Madeline went over and comforted her as well. She wiped away her tears

girl blinked her tearful eyes in disbelief.

you anything you want to eat.”

into a smile. “Daddy, I want to

heard that. “I’ll go line up. You should take Lillian to

and held the little girl’s soft

happy, but when she did not

is flying away!

However, she failed to catch

the balloon got away from them and at the same time, she was worried about Lily. As she was not paying attention, she

a strong arm around her waist as a familiar scent wafted from behind her. Then, she felt

“Careful.”

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familiar scent behind her, Madeline

why was Jeremy

Jackson here as

that child

sudden.

“It’s that nice mister!”

Jeremy as a happy grin appeared on her pinkish face. It

on Jermy’s handsome face. He

He had some overtones

sorry, Mr. Whitman. I’ve been busy spending time with Felipe and my daughter. I don’t

around to leave

don’t want to get beaten up by Miss Crawford again if she sees us and gets

was shining down on her flawless face, making her look so pretty that she

caused you to come all the way over for nothing. I’m sorry for wasting the

‘Well, of course.’

Madeline smirked sarcastically.

me when I was struggling and pleading

I was tortured, but you even came up to me and

jealous?” he said that sentence

felt her heart tremble, and then, a

“I already have a child with Felipe, so how would I care about

after he

thin lips

he

Madeline smiled. “Of course.”

have you two

“Three years.”

Three years.

left him—the feeling of her icy body in his arms

had also been three years since that

been three

“Lily, let’s go.”

obediently and blinked her crystal-like eyes.

his wandering thoughts when he saw Madeline leaving. He grabbed her once again, his cold hand holding her thin

“Mr. Whitman?”

when she saw Jeremy looking at

“Is there anything else?”

daughter?” he asked directly with

“Two,” Madeline answered straightforwardly.

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known him for three years but she’s already two?” Jeremy frowned. He looked closely at Madeline. “It